On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Cuban revolutionary and diplomat Jorge Rey Jiménez passed away inVientiane, who since September 2015 had been serving as Cuban Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Loa.
Born on November 2, 1946 in Havana, as a young man Jorge Rey participated in the student movement and revolutionary actions.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Relations in 1973 where he took on various roles in the foreign and national service departments, simultaneously serving as Cuban Ambassador to the Philippines, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
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